hunter john 1738 (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 4to., (11 x 8 2/8 inches). 5-page list of Subscribers. Engraved frontispiece of the author, engraved title-page with vignette (cropped at upper margin with loss of the first word "An" in the title, 2C4 slightly cropped at outer margin), 5 engraved folding maps (map of New South Wales with repairs on verso, chart of Botany Bay slightly cropped along outer margin, some spotting) and 10 engraved plates from drawings by the author. Contemporary calf, gilt (rebacked preserving the original spine). Provenance: With the engraved armorial bookplate of William Downes, first Baron Downes (1751-1826), chief justice, obscured by the bookplate of; Edward Robert Kennedy (1860-1925), Bishop's Court; bookplate of Frank S. Streeter, Library of Navigation, Pacific Voyages, Cartography on the front paste-down, his sale Christie's New York, 16th April 2007, lot 272. First edition. Hunter first sailed to Port Jackson as second-in-command of the "Sirius" with the First Fleet in 1788 and succeeded Phillip as Governor of New South Wales. As an experienced navigator he encouraged the exploration of the Australian coastline, and the early discoveries of Flinders and Bass owe much to him. At the end of 1788 he made a remarkable 6-month circumnavigation eastward from Port Jackson to collect a shipment of supplies from Cape Town and from which he continued east back to Port Jackson. Hunter, like Phillip in his account of Port Jackson, notes the arrival of La Perouse shortly before his disappearance in the Pacific. Ferguson 152; Hill 857; Kroepelien 620. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.

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